Dispensing device.



H. MEVES. DISPENSING DEVICE. 7 APPLICATION FILED NOV-'13, I916- Patentefi Feb. 26,1918.

. INVENTORJ HUGO IIIEVES, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented I ebo 2d, IWW

Application fil ed November 13, 1916. Serial No. 130,975.

To all whom it may oncern:

lBe'it known that I, Huco Mnvns, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Dispensing Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This Invention relates to a novel dispensing device for dispensing powdered material such as scouring, polishing, cleansing and soap owders and refers more particularly to a evice Which is adapted to support a can or container in which the powder is sold and one head of which is perforated so that the powder may be sifted from the container, there bcing'associated with the support means for tapping the perforated head so as to dislodge by vibratlon the powder from the can, and said support being also provided in line with the perforated area of the head with a passage which is controlled by a suitable valve, through which passage the powder dislodged from the can is dispensed to a point below the device for use.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple, conveniently usable and inexpensive dispenser and supporting device for a powder container and the llke, and the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts'shown in the drawings and described in the specifications, and is pointed out in the appended claims. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dispensing device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical axial section thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

As shown in said drawings 10 designates the can or container for the powdered material and, in accordance with a common practice, one end or head 11 is perforated so that the powder may be sifted from the can.

12 designates the support and dispensing device as a Whole. It comprises a horizontal supporting plate or member 13, preferably formed with an up-turned cylindric flange 14, on which the perforated end of the container 10 rests. Said supporting plate or member 13 is provided with a central opening 15 in line with the perforated area of the can end or head. Depending from said supporting plate or member 13 is a cone like shell. 16 which is formed at its lower smaller end with an opening 17. Extending through said opening 17 is a plunger rod 18 which engages upper and lower guides 19, 20, formed on and in the shell 16 so as to hold the plunger vertical and permit it to reciprocate. 'Ihe plunger is preferably provided at its upper end with a flattened head 21 to strike the perforated end or headof the can 10. The plunger is further provided with an enlargement 23 near its lower end which serves as a valve to close the opening 17 in the shell 16, and the plunger 18 extends downwardly beyond said shell for engagement by the hand of the user.

The device may be supported in any suitable manner ad acent to the kitchen sink whenused to dispense powder for scouring, polishing and cleansing kitchen utensils. As herein shown it is provided with a bracket arm 24 which is designed to be fixed to a vertical wall. However the attaching device may be adjusted on the faucet of the sink or may be adapted for attachment to other supports depending upon the particular use of the device.

The can or container 10 may be covered by a hood or shell 25 which is closed at its top and fits at its open lower edge on the support 12. Said support is preferably corrugated as shown so as to better hold the can or container in place and also to strengthen the support so that it may be 'made of lighter metal.

use, is placed on the su port 12 and the v hood or shell 25, if use is placed thereover. In the normal position of the parts 7 the weight of theplunger is supported on the lower smaller end of the cone like shell 16 through the enlargement or valve which closes the openmgl? of the conical shell 16. When 1t is desired to use powder from the can the plunger is forced upwardly against the perforated end wall or head of the can 10 by a series of rapid reciprocations and the tapping action due to the contact of the head '11 and the plunger causes the said perforated end wall or head to vibrate and dislodge the powder restshell 16 and is allowed to pass therefrom through the opening 17 when the valve 23 is raised from its-seat around said opening.

In the normal position of the parts the said valve serves to close said opening so as to prevent the wasteful escape of powder from the device when not in use. The flow of the powder is readily regulated inasmuch as the powder passes directly from the can and is released only when the head or hammer 21 of the device strikes the perforated end of the can. The amount of powder released may be increased by enlarging the perforations in the can head. It will be observed that the powder has an unobstructed flow from the can to the discharge outlet of the device so that the operation of discharging the powder is rapid. It will be furthermore observed that the chute 16 is merel a transmitting element and is not a containing element of the device.

It will be understood that the invention is capable of embodiment in structures which differ in specific details from that herein shown and that the invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment except as to claims wherein the structure is Specifically set forth.

I claim as my invention:

1. A powder dispensing device comprising a supporting member having a flanged perforated seat to removably support a perforated powder container, and a manually operated freely reciprocatory tac'pping device wholly beneath and depen ing from said support to intermittently strike the perforated bottom of the container supported on said seat for the dischargin of its contents through the perforation t erein.

2. A powder dispensing device comprising a. combined support and discharge conduit having an upwardly facing seat to receive and support an inverted perforated top powder container which is unitarily separate therefrom, and a freely reciprocated ta ping device associated with said support an conduit to intermittently tap the lower end of the perforated container resting on said support.

3. A powder dispensing device comprising a combined support and discharge conduit having an upwardly facing seat to removably receive and support a perforated powder container, tapping means for said container carried by the support for intermittently tappin the perforated container and a valve carrie by the tapping means to close said conduit.

4. A powder dispensing device comprising a combined support and discharge condult having'an upwardly facing seat to removably receive and support a perforated powder container and a plunger reciprocating through and guided in said conduit and adapted to strike the lower face of the perforated container.

5. A powder dispensing device comprisin a combined support and discharge conduit. for an inverted perforated powder container and having a seat to receive and removably support the container, a plunger below said seat reciprocating through and guided in said conduit and adapted to strike the bottom of perforated container, and a valve carried by said plunger to close said conduit.

6. A powder dispensing device comprising a support having an annular upwardly facing seat for a perforated container, said seat provided with an opening opposite to the perforated area of the container, a shell depending from said support to provide a noncontainmg discharge conduit, a tapping plunger reciprocatin through and guided by said shell to stri e the perforated container and a valve carried by the plunger to close said conduit.

7. A owder dispensing device comprising an annu lar upwardly facing seat portlon for a perforated powder container, rovided radially exterior to the seat portion with an upstanding retainin device and with an opening opposite to the perforated area of a container on the support, a conduit depending from said support, and a tapping plunger below said seat reciprocating through and guided by said shell for striking the perforated area of the container.

8. In a powder dispensing device for a perforated powder container, means for intermittently striking the perforated portion of said container to successively tap the same for the discharge of powder therefrom, and having a freely accessible manually operated end, and means for supporting the first named means in working relation to the contamer.

9. A powder dispensing device, comprising a perforated support constituting a seat for a powder container with a discharge end next to said seat, a deliver shell depending from said support and having a valve seat below the latter, a plunger externally operated and loosely supported for free rapid reciprocatory movement in the shell, and having a head for passage through the perforated support to strike or tap the container for precipitation of its contents into the shell on manually operating the plunger, and a valve on the plunger to engage the valve seat for closing the shell when the plunger is in normal lowered position.

10. A powder dispensing device, comprising a support constituting a rest for a perforated powder container, the perforations of which are disposed to open through the support, a substantially conical shaped deliv-' ery shell open at its ends and depending from the support, and means extending bemtmio fyond the smaller end of the shell and loosely held for free rapid reciprocation in said shell to successively strike or tap the container for the discharge of powder in said 5 shell Which delivers it therefrom.

11. A powder dispensing device, comprising a substantially conical shaped delivery shell open at its ends and adapted to support a perforated powder container at its wider 10 end, means extending beyond the smaller end of the shell and loosely held for free rapid reciprocation in the latter for successively tapping the container to efi'ect the discharge of its contents into said shell for delivery, and a valve coactive with said means is and engageable within the smaller end of the shell to close the same when the means is passive.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 hereunto append my sig- 2o nature in the presence of two witnesses at Chicago, Illinois, this 10th day of November, 1916.

HUGO VES- Witnesses:

W. a M, KENNEDY. 

